[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66055-66056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32900]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Increase of an Import Restraint Level for Certain Cotton and Man-
Made Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Mexico

December 12, 1997
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a 
level.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 17, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, International Trade 
Specialist,

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Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 482-
4212. For information on the quota status of this level, refer to the 
Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards of each Customs port 
or call (202) 927-5850. For information on embargoes and quota re-
openings, call (202) 482-3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as 
amended.

    The Government of the United States has agreed to increase the 1997 
consultation level for Categories 347/348/647/648 to 690,000 dozen.
    This level does not apply to NAFTA (North America Free Trade 
Agreement) originating goods, as defined in Annex 300-B, Chapter 4 and 
Annex 401 of the agreement. In addition, this consultation level does 
not apply to textile and apparel goods that are assembled in Mexico 
from fabrics wholly formed and cut in the United States and exported 
from and re-imported into the United States under U.S. tariff item 
9802.00.90.
    A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS 
numbers is available in the CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel Categories 
with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (see Federal 
Register notice 61 FR 66263, published on December 20, 1996). Also see 
61 FR 54986, published on October 23, 1996.
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
December 12, 1997.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive issued to you on October 17, 1996, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made 
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Mexico and 
exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1997 
and extending through December 31, 1997. The levels established in 
that directive do not apply to NAFTA (North America Free Trade 
Agreement) originating goods, as defined in Annex 300-B, Chapter 4 
and Annex 401 of NAFTA or to goods assembled in Mexico from fabrics 
wholly formed and cut in the United States and exported from and re-
imported into the United States under U.S. tariff item 9802.00.90.
    Effective on December 17, 1997, you are directed to increase the 
level for Categories 347/348/647/648 to 690,000 dozen \1\, pursuant 
to exchange of letters dated December 5, 1997 and provisions of the 
NAFTA (North America Free Trade Agreement).
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    \1\ The level has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1996.
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    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs 
exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,
Troy H. Cribb,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 97-32900 Filed 12-16-97; 8:45 am]
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